Cadillac’s new SRX is the standard of the United States, if not the world

Ride quality could use some work. Though we've found Cadillac's Magnetic Ride Control to be brilliant in some applications, here it struggles to manage the SRX's 4,500-pound weight. It doesn't soak up larger bumps so much as crash over them, and the SRX gets unsettled over longer stretches of broken pavement. Plus, on dips and whoop-de-doos, the suspension stiffens suddenly and unnaturally. This technologically advanced setup can't compete with the conventional yet brilliant, Nurburgring-tuned suspension on the Cadillac CTS sedan, which is too bad, because on smoother pavement the SRX's wheel and body control is exemplary for this kind of vehicle.